Crewkerne and the Ham Stone Villages – In Old Photographs

This book, edited by Gerald Gosling & Frank Huddy, is a gem. Unfortunately it seems to be out of print. You may be lucky and find a second hand copy on Amazon or elsewhere. The book is divided into chapters – two about Crewkerne, one on Shepton and Petherton, one on Martock, Stoke and Norton, one on Misterton and Haselbury, and last, but not least, a chapter on Merriott.

The Merriott chapter contains 28 interesting old photos of people & places. Well worth looking for at your local library.

The Victoria County History – Somerset Volume IV

This is a book for serious history people, in my opinion. The 10 page section on Merriott I found pretty heavy going, but interesting none the less. The current Australian cost is about $200, so well worth looking at online!

This is a good book to read if you find one of your ancestors was involved in the Monmouth Rebellion. The book includes information about the rebellion itself, the general pardon, the purchasers of the Rebels in Barbados, and an index of rebels by surname and by place of origin. I was extremely surprised to find this book on the shelf of my local library here
in Queensland. I wonder if I am the only person who has ever borrowed it!

Flax and Linen

A concise guide to the story of Flax and Linen and the processes involved. Although there is no specific mention of the Merriott part of the industry, it gives a good overall view of the topic.

A History of Somerset

ISBN 0 85033 461 6 By Robert Dunning.

Phillimore & Co Ltd, Shopwyke Hall, Chichester, Sussex 1983.

A 128 page book with a general history of Somerset from the earliest times. Merriott is mentioned twice; oncein relation to its fertile soil (see Farms) , and once in relation to the annual outing taken by the people of Merriott. Crewkerne gets a few more mentions.

A Companion to Local History Research

ISBN 0 7136 3145 7 By John Campbell-Kease. Published by Alphabooks A & C Black, London 1989